CD 65 tracks, 156:12
Musica Sacra
George Friedric Händel - Judas Maccabaeus
Harmonia Mundi (1993)
#779
Judas Maccabaeus (Disc 1) 77:31
01  Overture 06:05
02  Act 1: Mourn, ye afflicted children 04:09
03  Well may your sorrows 01:06
04  From this dread scene 02:27
05  For Sion lamentation make 02:24
06  Not vain is all this storm of grief 01:02
07  Pious orgies, pious airs 03:12
08  O Father, whose almighty pow'r 02:15
09  I feel the deity within 00:58
10  Arm, arm, ye brave! 03:55
11  'Tis well, my friends 00:39
12  Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul 01:38
13  To heav'n's Almighty king 00:26
14  O liberty, thou choicest treasure 02:23
15  Come, ever-smiling liberty 02:45
16  O Judas, may these noble views 00:11
17  'Tis liberty, dear liberty alone 02:34
18  Come, ever-smiling liberty 01:02
19  Lead on, lead on! 00:47
20  So will'd my father 01:08
21  Disdainful of danger 01:54
22  Ambition! 00:15
23  No, no unhallow'd desire 01:52
24  Hear us, O Lord 03:19
25  Act 2: Fall'n is the foe 02:58
26  Victorious hero! 00:33
27  So rapid thy course is 03:54
28  Oh let eternal honours 00:30
29  From mighty kings 06:06
30  Hail, hail, Judea 01:57
31  Thanks to my brethren 00:38
32  How vain is man 05:26
33  O Judas, O my brethren! 00:37
34  Ah! wretched Israel! 06:26
Judas Maccabaeus (Disc 2) 78:41
01  Be comforted 00:44
02  The Lord worketh wonders 02:52
03  My arms! Against this Gorgias 00:20
04  Sound an alarm! 03:45
05  Enough! To Heav'n we leave the rest 00:39
06  With pious hearts 03:10
07  Ye worshippers of God 01:00
08  Oh! never, never bow we down 06:14
09  Act 3: Father of Heav'n! 06:11
10  See, see your flames 00:31
11  Oh grant it, Heav'n 00:25
12  So shall the lute and harp awake 04:07
13  From Capharsalama 01:06
14  See, the conqu'ring hero comes! 01:45
15  March 01:09
16  Sing unto God 02:21
17  Sweet flow the strains 00:49
18  With honour let desert be crown'd 03:07
19  Peace to my countrymen 00:35
20  To our great God be all the honour giv'n 02:03
21  Again to earth 00:46
22  O lovely peace 06:35
23  Rejoice, O Judah!; Hallelujah! Amen 03:26
24  Appendix: Well may we hope 00:12
25  Sion now her head shall raise 05:24
26  Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive us 05:10
27  Far brighter than the morning 06:40
28  Sweet are thy words 00:13
29  Great in wisdom, great in glory 03:33
30  Not vain is all this storm of grief 00:50
31  Pious orgies, pious airs 02:59
Muzikanten
Tenor Guy De Mey
Sopraan Lisa Saffer
Mezzo-sopraan Patricia Spence
Counter-tenor Brian Asawa
Bas David Thomas
Bas-Bariton Leroy Kromm
Medewerkers
Dirigent Nicholas McGegan
Orkest Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra